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Definitions

prosopopoeia

[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh] / proʊˌsoʊ pəˈpi ə /

NOUN

embodiment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apotheosis archetype avatar epitome exemplar expression personification realization symbol

STRONG

cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment example exemplification form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration matter organization quintessence reification structure systematization type

Antonyms

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disorganization

WEAK

exclusion

NOUN

materialization

Synonyms

STRONGEST

realization

STRONG

apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation matter objectification organization personification quintessence reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type

WEAK

personalization

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization

NOUN

objectification

Synonyms

STRONG

apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation materialization matter organization personification quintessence realization reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type

WEAK

personalization

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization

NOUN

personalization

Synonyms

WEAK

apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation materialization matter objectification organization personification quintessence realization reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type

NOUN

prosopopeia

Synonyms

WEAK

apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation materialization matter objectification organization personalization personification quintessence realization reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type

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Over its many seasons of courtship Harrison has come to be the prosopopoeia of all the nation's unease over changing demographics.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2021

And do you take seriously the city of Salente and the prosopopoeia of Fabricius?

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

The same thing happened to the Romans, when military success took them out of Italy,—a thing which the author of the prosopopoeia of Fabricius could not explain.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

The prosopopoeia which is adopted by Plato in the Protagoras and other dialogues is repeated until we grow weary of it.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

Then I was by him, &c. which he does not think a prosopopoeia, but spoken of a subsisting person.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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